We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 34 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Chiquimula accounted for 23 of Guatemala's 32 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
46 of its 87 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tunis accounted for 31 of Tunisia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with chikungunya.
15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 5 of Bratislava's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Gaza accounted for 199 of Palestine's 240 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 53 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
480 of its 977 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Moscow accounted for 380 of Russia's 480 stories about harm, carried by 463 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 293 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). House fires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 42 of Haiti's 58 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Haiti (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Iran (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Taiwan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Palestine (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,056 stories about harm among 114,328 counted on 27 Mar.
Guatemala's news was 94% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 114,328 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. On 28 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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